- Completion Date: (December 2022)
- Funding Agency: South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA)
- Funding Amount: $500,000
- Project Goal:The project, is a joint effort by Cooper’s Ferry Partnership, in collaboration with Rowan University: Center for Research and Education in Advanced Transportation Engineering Systems (CREATEs), and the South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA). The specific project objectives include:
- Explore the last mile problems in the unserved communities in the State of New Jersey with a focus on Camden as a case study;
- Examine current transportation networks and assess improvements needed to facilitate equitable, affordable, and implementable last-mile transportation options;
- Identify best practices and lessons learned from other states to mitigate the last-mile problems;
- Undertake an extensive community and a business outreach effort. This will include the following specific objectives:
-
- Review and determine best practices from other programs in New Jersey and the region and develop an inventory of potential solutions
- Develop a framework and parameters of the plan, followed by specific metrics of measurements
- Develop priorities and recommendations for the City, state, federal, and public health to keep people safe, healthy, and productive; and
- Develop a last-mile solution/plan (a transportation and health assessment and a pilot program for the City of Camden)